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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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